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Kamloops Transit

Proposal for 365-day public transit in Kamloops gets shot down

KAMLOOPS - The cost of adding additional statutory holidays like Christmas Day to the public transit schedule was too much for Kamloops council, who voted down a motion to offer transit every day of the year.  Coun. Donovan Cavers’ motion to implement transit 365 days out of the year was defeated seven to one; Cavers...

Kamloops not alone in opposition to provincial transit funding freeze

KAMLOOPS – Kamloops and dozens of other municipalities are asking the provincial government to reconsider its freeze on transit funding. The city has a resolution at the annual Union of B.C. Municipalities convention, which got underway today in Vancouver, asking the delegates to strongly urge the Premier, the Minister of Transportation and the Minister of...

Bus fares for everyone will soon be $2.00

KAMLOOPS – The cost of riding the bus in Kamloops will soon be the same for everyone. As of Sept. 1, bus fares will be $2.00 for children, students, seniors and adults. Back in December of 2014, city council directed staff to research the effects on ridership if fares were to increase, decrease, stay the...

Kamloops council considers reducing transit fares

KAMLOOPS – Ridership takes precedence over transit expenses, city council has decided, and as a result city staff will now put together a proposal on a fare decrease in an effort to help increase ridership in the city. In an attempt to follow the goals of the Sustainable Kamloops Plan by increasing ridership, and answer...